2 arrested protesters served in elite IDF unit, says reservist protest group

By Emanuel Fabian

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1 March 2023, 1:30 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Protesters clash with security forces during a demonstration against the government's controversial justice overhaul bill in Tel Aviv on March 1, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

A protest group of reservist soldiers says two demonstrators detained earlier today were combat soldiers in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit.

Brothers in Arms, which has been calling for the refusal to perform reserve duty over the government judicial overhaul plans, says one of the men served on the same team as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sayeret Matkal.

It says the two men are being taken to a court now to have their remand extended.

“His arrest symbolizes exactly what is happening here: Sayeret Matkal is in custody, and Netanyahu is a prisoner of Ben Gvir,” the group says.

It calls on Netanyahu to “stop the legal coup, instead of stopping his teammates.”